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NCWA 2001

WINNERS, FINALISTS and QUARTER-FINALISTS FOR

SHORT STORIES & NOVEL EXCERPTS

• If you are a Quarter-Finalist your work placed in the top twenty percentile of all entries in this category. Finalists are in the top four percentile. And Top 10 winners are ... well, what our readers and judges determined were the "cream of the crop" in this year's contest. Congratulations to all!

• Our condolences to those whose work did not make the winners lists this year. Don't be discouraged! Keep writing and keep working toward your writing goals! There is no failure in not placing in the contest. There is only failure when you stop writing - when you give up. Onward!

Cheers and good wishes!

-New Century Writer Staff


WINNERS !

Congratulations to the two winners of the

Ray Bradbury Short Story Fellowship™

 for the NCWA 2001 competition!

  1st Place

Roompa Malini Bhattacharayya

for her short story

"Loss"

 

  2nd place

Colleen Burke

for her short story

"Coldwater"

 

  3rd Place and $500 to

Kenneth Kaye

for his novel excerpt

ADAM


  4th Place and $100 to

Marilyn Jaye Lewis

for her novel excerpt

THE CURSE OF OUR PROFOUND DISORDER


  5th Place and $100 to

Paul McCulloh

for his short story

"Pavane Pour Une Enfante Defunte"


  6th Place and $100 to

Cecilia Baader

for her short story

"Wiser Than We"


 

  7th Place and $100 to

Alan Jay Burch

for his novel excerpt

HOWIE!


 

  8th Place and $100 to

Victor Vega

for his novel excerpt

THE KINESICS OF TRANSGRESSION


 

  9th Place and $100 to

Brad Summerhill

for his novel excerpt

GAMBLER'S QUARTET


  10th Place and $100 to

Jesse C. Dunn

for the short story

"Whistling Lessons"


 

SHORT STORY FINALISTS

MOVIES AND KIDS by Nick Antosca

THE DOG SINGS by Nick Antosca

THE LAKE STORY by Nick Antosca

LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN by Jon Bastian

HOW TO KEEP A MISTRESS HAPPY by Jon Bastian

 

BETWEEN ZERO AND ONE by Jon Bastian

COSMETIC PROCEEDURES by Shebana Coelho

WRESTING GRAMPA by Paul Crehan

JACKIE ST. CLAIR by Paul Crehan

DILEMA by Gerardo Herrera

 

THE GARBAGE MAN by Pat Gallant

TOY SOLDERS by Pat Gallant

BY ANY OTHER NAME by Pat Gallant

AFTERMATH by Pat Gallant

THE WHITTLER by Pat Gallant

 

THE PEACOCK by Pat Gallant

ONE MINUTE FOR THE FORSAKEN by Chad Sanborn

THE MASK by Karen Darley

NORTH OF STONEWALL by Dan Huntley

SWEET MEMORY by Bernard Otterman

 

HOW PETE GOT EVEN WITH THE DEVELOPERS by George Williams

WINNERS by Nate Botsis

ISLAND SECRETS by Catherine J.S. Lee

YOSHI by Michelle Ribeiro

CHASHA MIRA by Dan Murr

 

WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE by Dan Murr

DAYS OF INNOCENCE by Gerri Sams-Clay

A MASKED BALL by Anita Crocus

BACK TO NORMAL by Kelly O'Rourke Johns

HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY by Barry Matthews

 

OLD MAN ENDS LIFE IN LAKE by Kenneth Kaye

THE LORDS OF BRIGHT WATER by Laura Bork

ANGER ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ARCADIA by Neale McDevitt

CRAWL, STAND, FALL, REPEAT by Aaron M. Fontana

WHEN THE RAIN STOPS by Karen Darley

 

TRULY HUMAN by Juno Levy

AGAINST THE SEA by Anne Bobrick

THE LONG CLIMB by Anne Bobrick

MISSING by William Pugsley

WIDE AWAKE by Biff Olson

 

LAST-SECOND SHOT by Biff Olson

DOUBLE EXIT by Biff Olson


 

NOVEL EXCERPT FINALISTS

IRON MAIDEN by James Musgrave

DRIVEN by W.G. Griffiths

THE DESPERATE YEARS by Denis J. Harington

POE'S LOST CAT by Joseph Andriano

KNOWN BUT TO GOD by Karin Ciholas

 

THE NET by Kenneth Kaye

TRUST IN ANGELS by Susan Gainfort

AND THE GREATEST OF THESE by Joseph Pritchard


 

SHORT STORY QUARTER-FINALISTS

RIDE by Steven Brita

KIDS PARADISE by Gerald Strange

REBECCA'S WAR by Jesse C. Dunn

HOLDING FAST by Catherine J.S. Lee

DIGITAL RAIN by James Huston

 

THE SECRET by Daniel Ardis

CROSS FIRE by Bill Zaget

CRAZING by Bill Zaget

CAW by Bill Zaget

SISTERS by Brian Delaney

 

THE WINNER by Jennifer Robinson

GOOD-BYE, AGAIN by Ethel C. McDonnell

LUCY'S LOSS by Ethel C. McDonnell

EVERYTHING MUST GO by Barry Matthews

SWANSEA by Barry Matthews

 

MR KORBO by John de Yonge

JESUS THE PROPHET by John de Yonge

THE SAGEBUSH BLUES by John de Yonge

YELLOW CAB by Diana Kemp-Jones

URCHIN by Diana Kemp-Jones

 

THE LAST WORD IS YOURS by Deborah Adelman

FLIGHT by Deborah Adelman

ON TRACK by Lisa Brideau

JOEY MARTIN #6 by Martha Dudley

UGLY THINGS by Martha Dudley

 

SOUTHERN COMFORT by Paul McCulloh

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THIS PLACE? by Amanda McPherson

STRANGELY ROOTED by Nancy Belgue

THE LONG MARCH HOME by Bruce D. Vail

ARVEY POST 00475 by June Clark

 

WOMAN IS PRECIOUS by Amy Harke-Moore

RISING WATERS by Amy Harke-Moore

ONE REMOVED by Tom Noyes

SHEP by Rachel Reynolds

THE LEGO LAGER by Bernard Otterman

 

FOND FAREWELL by Kelly O'Rourke Johns

A CHINATOWN TALE by Vic Jong

FIFTEEN YEAR by Viv Jong

BIRTHDAY by Shebana Coelho

SORRY, NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU by Richard Moore

 

OF LOVE AND STRAWBERRIES by Richard Moore

SOMETHING IS LACKING by Richard Moore

DONNA'S CHOICE by Glenn Roberts

CODEINE BLUES by Glenn Roberts

MISSING PERSON by Kathy Flann

 

LADY OF THE ICE by Jesse C. Dunn

IN THE ZONE by Jesse C. Dunn

GOLD COIN by Musa Ajmi

THE PINKY CAPER by Howell Hurst

WWW.FAMILY.COM by Andrew Compart

 

MYTHESIAN AHMTI by Marcel J. Dubios

JUDGE by Lisa Jensen

DARK LADY by Toni Juliette Leonetti

PARABLES by Tom Noyes

NIGHT OVER CAMELOT by Linda Jacobs

 

PANTING PILFINGER by Bradley Silvius

THE CROW by Charla LaFave

PERMANENT RESIDENCE by Kathy Flann

TWINS by Amanda McPherson

SECRET ELIZABETH by Adam C. Fisk

 

FINAL BOARDING by Ann Matrai Jona

TRESPASSING by Hadley Boyd

THE PARK by Hadley Boyd

DANCING WITH THE ANCESTORS by Sharon Dukes

WOMEN, WOLVES, WITCHES & WEREWOLVES by Shanti Zizi

 

THE EXCHANGE by Terrance Paul Flynn

LOOKING OUT by Margaret Park Bridges

RAYMOND CHANDLER'S UMBRELLA by Lucia Lemieux

THE SECOND COMING by Girija Tropp

IN THE TELLING by Cecilia Baader

 

THE MANHOLE by Syed Manzur

THE PRISM by Syed Manzur

IN THE ATTIC by Adriela Sakamoto

THE TIGER NEVER CRIES by James L. Hicker

THE MAN WHO CANNOT DIE by Christine Watt & Anita Idel

 

ON A WING AND A PRAYER by Pat Gallant

GOODBYE, GRANDMA by Pat Gallant

NORTH OF LISBON by William Pugsley

VIEW FROM ABERCORN ROAD by William Pugsley

AFTERNOON TEA by Diane Freund

 

RETURN TO ACAPULCO by Diane Freund

THE MASKS by Mario Milosevic

WILL by Mario Milosevic


 

NOVEL EXCERPT QUARTER-FINALISTS

BENEATH A PRAIRIE MOON by Karen H. Meinardus

COVER OF DARKNESS.COM by Virginia V. Guido

LIGHT PLAY by N.D. Hansen-Hill

SECOND AMENDMENT by M. Steven Palmquist

TWINS by Mario Milosevic

 

SISTERS ARE FOREVER by William Pugsley

 


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